Wikinews:2006/March/31/Latest news
March 31[edit]
- Condoleezza Rice visits the United Kingdom
- Canada freezes aid to Palestine
- Auto parts maker Delphi plans to cut 8,500 jobs; union contracts
- Sewage spill fouls Waikiki Beach
- Lethal earthquakes rock western Iran, 70 or more die
- Judge sentences Ali to 30 years for Bush assassination plot
- Faust seeks Murphy disqualification in PA Congressional primary
- Rainy weather in Hawaii enters sixth week
March 30[edit]
- Australian MPs exchange fighting words over healthcare rebate
- First Brazilian astronaut accompanies ISS replacements
- Luxembourg, India spar over Arcelor takeover bid
- U.S. actor Charlie Sheen questions 9/11 theories
- Tourist ferry sinks off Bahrain coast; at least 44 dead
- Court rules rubber-stamping Thai election ballots not required
- EU warns Microsoft: forthcoming Vista risks antitrust breach
- Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service
- Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and officer tangle on the Hill
- Captors release American journalist Jill Carroll
- Son charged with eye-gouging attack on mother dies
- Australian Federal Police raid home over unauthorised access to pay TV services
- Nigeria arrests Charles Taylor for war crimes trial
- Cyclone Glenda closes in on Western Australia
March 29[edit]
- US Federal Reserve raises interest rates - energy prices could affect inflation
- U.S.A. researchers report plagiarism in Putin's dissertation
- New Zealand declares 2007 switch of energy efficiency strategy
- UN Security Council calls on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment
- Darfur declares Swedish Foreign Minister unwelcome
- Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government
- Search for body fails on New Zealand's Raoul island
- Blair challenges New Zealand to fight against global warming
- UK public sector workers strike over pension rights
- Australian House of Representatives acknowledges Cyclone Larry efforts
- Cyclone Glenda intensifies to Category 5 storm
March 28[edit]
- Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes
- Thousands rally in Columbus, Ohio, for undocumented immigrants' rights
- Thousands strike in UK over pensions
- 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Tokyo
- Rivers flood in central Europe
- Beatles' Apple Corps sues Apple Computer
- Turn up and don't vote, urge anti-Thaksin activists
- Thai police forward anti-Thaksin PAD accusations to Corruption Commission
- Exit polls suggest Kadima victory in Israeli elections
- UK petrol prices rise to five-month high
- White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card resigns
- Former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger dies at 88
- Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal gets final approval by city Planning Board
- Long Beach, CA Redevelopment Agency ends talks for church
- Australian artist Pro Hart dies
March 27[edit]
- Bomb blast near Mosul, Iraq kills at least 40
- Airbus A380 safety test injures 33
- Sweden names Jan Eliasson new Foreign Minister
- UK PM addresses joint sitting of Australian Parliament
- Prince closes XVIII Commonwealth Games
- Seattle shooting leaves seven dead
- Greek court rules worship of ancient Greek deities is legal
- Western Australia braces for another cyclone
- Creekstone Farms sues USDA for refusing to allow mad cow testing
- Crash kills Indy driver Paul Dana
- George Mason University upsets UConn, advances to Final Four